Episode 1,239: “Fishing in the Deluge” – The Third Legend of Luke Skywalker

Yesterday, we talked about “The Starship Graveyard,” which out of all the Legends of Luke Skywalker was likely the one with the least to tell us about Luke’s life in between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens.

Today, we’re talking about “Fishing in the Deluge,” and this story is rather the opposite. Meaning, it seems to be the one packing the most truth within it. Why, you may ask? Well, I’ll be getting into it in detail in the podcast, but for one thing, the things Luke is quoted as saying in the story are things that are unlikely to have made it into propaganda videos for the Rebellion/New Republic. For another, you might recognize the planet on which this story takes place…